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    We have a warehouse. There are big metal shelves. What is the best way to say "look on the shelves for the hammer" or "It is on the shelf".

    Also, would book shelf be different? Or maybe a shelf in your bathroom, is there another word for shelf here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by daniels012
    . What is the best way to say "look on the shelves for the hammer" or "It is on the shelf".

    Hi Michael. You could say "Busca el martillo en el estante" or "el martillo está en el estante"

    Hope it helps


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    Thank you,
    So what is a repisa or a anaquel? Are these the same?

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    Yes Michael. They are almost the same thing, although repisa is not used to described a store0s shelf, at least not in my country. I suppose it depends on the region.

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    Hi daniel, repisa is much smaller than estante. In Spain we say estantería. Anaquel seems to be very old fashioned for estantería. I didn't know the word.

    this would be a very typical example of repisa:

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    Estantería:


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    And just for supplementing Exx' highly illustrating
    example, here is the image of a "repisa"
    Regards !!

    http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:...3baldas891.jpg


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    My mostly Mexican students use librero for bookshelf, and estante seems to be more general to them. Repisa I think could also mean ledge, for example window ledge or whiteboard ledge, and I think it's also sometimes used to refer to the fireplace mantel.

    ¿Qué piensan los que de verdad hablan español sobre mis sugerencias?

    Maria
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    shelf / Self / n (pl shelves)
    1 a (in cupboard, bookcase) estante m, balda f (Esp); (on wall) estante m, anaquel m, repisa f, balda f (Esp); (in oven) parrilla f; a set of shelves unos estantes, una estantería; to be left on the shelf quedarse
    para vestir santos
    b off the shelf: you can buy it off the shelf se puede comprar hecho
    2 (Geol) banco m, bajo m, arrecife m; continental shelf plataforma f continental

    Espero que ayude.

    Saludos

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